Thousands of crabs found dead on U.K. beaches

Dozens of jackdaws found dead in Sweden
STOCKHOLM -- Officials say about 50 birds have been found dead on a street in Sweden. Veterinarian Robert ter Horst says the cause of jackdaws' Deaths was unclear but that Fireworks were set off near the scene Tuesday night. The birds were found dead on Wednesday. Ter Horst says cold weather, difficulties finding food and possible shock from the Fireworks could be responsible, leading to the stressed birds either dying from the stress or being run over by vehicles. Five of the dead jackdaws fo...

Birds Dying In Italy: Thousands Of Turtle Doves Fall Dead From Sky
On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees "like Christmas balls" in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky were discovered with a mysterious blue stain in their beaks. In the past week, similar incidents of mass animal Deaths have been reported across the world. Thousands of dead birds fell from the sk...

Bird-pocalypse Now: Up to 100 Dead Jackdaws Found in Sweden
Shortly before midnight on January 4, residents in the Swedish town of Falköping found between 50 and 100 jackdaw carcasses strewn across their lawns and roads. County Veterinarian Robert ter Horst believes the birds were scared to death. "We have received information from local residents last night," he told Swedish news agency TT. "Our main theory is that the birds were scared away because of Fireworks and landed on the road, but couldn't fly away from the stress and were hit by a car." A...

Now HUNDREDS more birds fall from the sky in Kentucky and Louisiana and tens of THOUSANDS of dead fish wash ashore
© AP Hundreds of dead birds lay along the side of the highway in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, about 300 miles south of the thousands dead in Arkansas The mystery over thousands of birds raining from the sky in America deepened today after hundreds more plunged to their Deaths in different parts of the country. Scientists said that New Year's Eve Fireworks might have been to blame for the 3,000 blackbirds that died in a small town in Arkansas. But they were forced to order more tests...

FACT CHECK: Mass bird, fish deaths occur regularly
Source: Yahoo/AP By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer – 21 mins ago WASHINGTON – First, the blackbirds fell out of the sky on New Year's Eve in Arkansas. In recent days, wildlife have mysteriously died in big numbers: 2 million fish in the Chesapeake Bay, 150 tons of red tilapia in Vietnam, 40,000 crabs in Britain and other places across the world. Blogs connected the deadly dots, joking about the "aflockalypse" while others saw real signs of something sinister, either biblical or environmental..

Jobs Today
Today’s jobs report is a pretty good step in the right direction even though the top line number of 103,000 jobs disappoints.   While just about everyone was expecting a number closer to 150,000, the October and November upward revisions are a positive surprise that cancels out the disappointment that December came in below expectation.  Also, seasonal factors are really crazy this time of year, with holiday hiring, snow, and Internet shopping interacting in ways that are pr...

Mass Bird, Fish Deaths Occur Regularly
WASHINGTON — First, the blackbirds fell out of the sky on New Year's Eve in Arkansas. In recent days, wildlife have mysteriously died in big numbers: 2 million fish in the Chesapeake Bay, 150 tons of red tilapia in Vietnam, 40,000 crabs in Britain and other places across the world. Blogs connected the deadly dots, joking about the "aflockalypse" while others saw real signs of something sinister, either biblical or environmental. The reality, say biologists, is that these mass die-offs ha...

Philippine police arrest suspect in victim's photo
Philippine police say they have arrested a man who appeared in a photograph aiming his gun at a local councilman who was fatally shot moments later. The picture, taken by the Victim, earlier led to the arrests of a second suspected gunman and an alleged accomplice. The Victim, Reynaldo Dagsa of Caloocan city, took the picture as he was standing outside his house photographing his smiling wife, daughter and mother-in-law on New Year's Eve. Police Chief Jimmy Rivera of northeastern Isabela provinc...

7 days quiz
It's the Magazine's 7 days, 7 questions quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Failing that, you can always claim to have had better things to do during the past week than swot up on current affairs. HMV announced it will close 60 stores this week after bad Christmas sales. It's famous for its dog and gramophone logo - what the name of the pooch? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is to be republished in the US with some words changed, including "injun"...

Mike's Blog Roundup
his vorpal sword: CNN, A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing: Governor Moonbeam? The Reaction: How long have Republicans been back in power? Comments are restricted to Registered Users only. Anderson Cooper Brings on 'Left Behind' Actor Cameron to Discuss Bird and Fish Deaths in Arkansas -- Seriously? Anderson Cooper Brings on 'Left Behind' Actor Cameron to Discuss Bird and Fish Deaths in Arkansas -- Seriously? Anderson Cooper Brings on 'Left Behind' Actor Cameron to Discuss Bird and Fish Deaths in Arkan...

What's With The Dead Animals?
Birds dropping from the sky. Dead fish washing up on the shore. Marine die offs. It's pretty creepy if you ask me. And I am not buying "the Fireworks scared the birds" story. 40,000 crabs washed ashore in the UK.. ya think they got scared from fireworks? Birds are continuing to drop from the sky in a mounting, now global, mystery. Up to 100 jackdaws fell dead in a small town in Sweden. Investigators have roped off the area in an effort to determine what killed the birds, who showed signs of se...

Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 doves fall dead in Italy; Strange blue stain on beaks...
Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town in the latest in a growing spate of mass animal Deaths across the globe. Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like 'little Christmas balls' with strange blue stains on their beaks. Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia. A witness told www.examiner.com: 'We have no idea why this happened all of a sudden. Hypoxia, ...

"Fireworks" - Are You Kidding Me?
Since the highly published occurrence of 3,000 to 5,000 blackbirds falling to their death on January 1st 2011, more bird and fish mass Suicides have occurred. Just yesterday, a new report telling of millions of dead fish surfaced in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. On Tuesday, similar unexplained mass fish Deaths occurred across the world in Brazil and New Zealand. On Wednesday, 50 birds were found dead on a street in Sweden. The latest mass suicide is found in England where more than 40,000 Velve...

40,000 Crabs Have Been Found Dead on England Beachs
Source: Raw Story The Star reported Wednesday that more than 40,000 dead Velvet swimming crabs have appeared on the Thanet shoreline in England. Dead starfish, lobsters, sponges and anemones were also found. Tony Child, Thanet Coast Project manager, told the Star that the same thing happened two and five years ago. He suspects that the cold temperatures are to blame. Original report continues below... The mysterious Deaths of thousands of birds and fish is no longer confined to the US. Read more...

Thousands of crabs wash up on U.K. beaches
Huge numbers of Velvet swimming crabs, also known as devil crabs, are thought to be Victims of lower-than-average sea temperatures caused by Britain's Coldest December in 120 years, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday. More than 40,000 of Britain's largest swimming crab littered beaches along the Kent coastline, the newspaper said. "We suspect that Climate Change and warmer weather has lured the crabs towards the shoreline," coastal warden Tony Sykes said. "We believe the sudden temperature drop c...

400 Turtledoves Die in Italy
(NewsCore) - The global spate of unexplained mass animal deaths continued Friday as some 700 turtledoves mysteriously fell from the sky in the northwestern Italian city of Faenza. The birds, which are often seen throughout the area, left behind a scene evocative of a Hitchcock movie as their carcasses piled up over the last five days, according to Corriere della Sera. The cause of death had yet to be determined, but a researcher at a local zoological institute, Dr. Frasnelli, said people should ...

Media Leaders Bummed We Havent All Died In The Apocalypse Yet
( WARNING : As will be abundantly clear, everything in this piece is fake. This especially includes the quotes.) There was huge excitement in the news world this week as reports started coming through that massive amounts of animals were suddenly dying off in Arkansas. Not only would this story help end the slow news rut of the holidays, it also implied a coming end of the world in which we would all die horribly. However, this excitement soon turned to disappointment as the week went on and eve...

Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills 17
BBC reports: At least 17 people have been killed in a Suicide Attack in a crowded public bath house in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, officials say. They say 23 others were injured in the attack, which took place in the town of Spin Boldak, on the Pakistan border. Officials said the bomber killed his target - a police commander who was inside the building at the time. Meanwhile, Nato says three of its Troops have been killed in two separate bombings in the south and east...

Okafor death stuns Nigeria
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed shock over the death of former international Uche Okafor on Thursday in the United States. The body of the ex-Super Eagles defender was found in his Texas apartment by his wife shortly after he returned home from dropping off his daughter in school. "This is very, very sad. Mr. Uche Okafor served this country with distinction and we are taken aback by the nature of his demise." NFF secretary-general Musa Amadu said in a statement. &...

Dioxin contaminates German farms
BERLIN, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Thousands of farms in Germany were shut down after large amounts of animal feed were found contaminated with the poisonous chemical dioxin, officials said. Officials said the level of dioxin didn't pose a health risk to humans and the closure of more than 4,700 farms, mostly pig operations in the Lower Saxony region, was a precaution, the BBC reported Friday. German officials said the farms would remain closed until they've been checked and cleared of contamination. The E...

Ivory Coast: Gbagbo 'expels UK and Canada envoys'
Source: BBC Ivory Coast's Incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo is expelling the British and Canadian ambassadors, a statement on state television has said. It said the action was being taken as a reciprocal measure. The UK said it did not accept that the move was valid. Mr Gbagbo has refused to step down despite rival Alassane Ouattara gaining international recognition as November's Presidential Election winner. Mr Ouattara has urged West African Special Forces to remove Mr Gbagbo. Read more: https://...

Four courses under threat at uni
Courses, staff and Students are set to be reduced at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, (Uwic) as Higher Education funding cuts and changes take effect. The university will decide whether to close four courses at a meeting on Friday. It is also proposed to cut 35 jobs and "significantly reduce" student numbers at the university's school of art. The courses under threat include the university's BA in interior architecture, BA sociology & criminology/popular cultur...

BBC Sound of 2011: Jessie J
Up-and-coming pop singer Jessie J is number one on the BBC Sound of 2011 list, which was compiled by asking 160 influential music critics, broadcasters and Bloggers to name their favourite new acts. Here are some of Jessie J's goals for the next 12 months: have a number one album, go on a headline tour, launch a Perfume, set up charities and youth clubs around London, write a musical, do a duet with Leona Lewis and write Britney Spears' next hit single. The 22-year-old is pretty well p...

Mass transit, mass murder threat in the UK
Image via Wikipedia Telegraph: British Transport Police cancelled leave and called in extra officers after intelligence was received that Terrorists could be planning attacks. A security source said there was no “imminent” threat and the overall threat level had not changed but there was activity from one of a “handful” of Extremist cells that cause concern at any time, leading to an adjustment in policing levels. It is understood that “intelligence chatter”...

Boxer Mason killed in bike crash
Former British boxing champion Gary Mason has died in a cycling crash in south London. Mason, 48, was on his bicycle in Sandy Lane South, Wallington, on Thursday morning when he was involved in a collision with a van. The retired fighter was pronounced dead at the scene. A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and bailed until March pending further inquiries. ...